Checking out Cottonwood Bottom! (Keith Hammer photos)
Thirteen Swan Rangers hiked a foggy and frosty loop in Krause Basin on Saturday, January 31, 2015!
Previous tracks are boiler plate hard in the cooler weather, though snowshoes or skis are needed off-track!
Click here to download the North Half Swan Lake Ranger District map, which shows some of these old routes in Krause Basin.
The Rangers at the Fork in the Road.
Overnight fog produced morning hoar frost!
A mountain maple armored with spikey hoar frost!
Needles upon needles!
Icicles over Krause Creek!
Krause Creek above Cottonwood Bottom.
The Swan Rangers meet every Saturday at the Echo Lake Cafe for breakfast at 8:30, leaving at 9:30 for a partial day outing in the northern Swan Mountains and foothills.
They carpool from the Swan River School parking lot next to the Cafe.
Everyone is welcome!